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Life course preferences, sibling ties, and the geographical dispersion of sibling networks

Journal

Population Space and Place

Volume | Issue number

15 | 4

Pages (from-to)

594-609

Document type

Article

Faculty

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)

Institute

Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)

Abstract

Using Swedish register data, we analyse how life course preferences and sibling ties are related to the geographical dispersion
of siblings. We argue that life course preferences and sibling ties are influenced by siblings' sociodemographic characteristics,
by similarities and differences between them, and by their family background. The measurement of geographical dispersion,
the nearest neighbour index, allows us to go beyond dyadic relationships and investigate entire networks. Results from the
OLS regression analysis show that life course preferences are related to the dispersion of siblings and that differences between
siblings are associated with a greater geographical dispersion than similarities are. Sibling ties developed during childhood
also seem to be associated with the dispersion of sibling networks.

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